Ballad
Ballad tells a story, tragic , romantic or heroic, narrative
Elegy
Elegy expresses feelings, Sad poem, Praises someone who is dead
Mimesis vs poiesis
Poesis creates New
Mimesis represents The existing
Stanzel
First Person -> i perspective
Authorial -> Outside omniscient
Figural -> outside but hidden
Explicit vs implicit subjectivity
Explicit: direct Stated and obvious -> i me my or direct judgement
Implicit: indirect -> irony, metaphor, lyrical I
Freytags pyramid
Exposition, rising action, peripeteia, climax, falling action, catastrophe
Overt vs covert narator
Overt: highly visible, directly addresses The reader
Covert: hidden, presence almost undetectable
Sonnet
14 Lines
4 stanzas
2 stanzas a 4 Vers quatrains
Next 2 stanzas: 3 Vers tercets
Petrarchan sonnte
Octave ABBa/ ABBA and sestet cdc/dcd
Shakespearen sonnet
Three quatrains and couplet abab
Ode
Formal often ceremonial Lyric poem that praises or glorifies a person, Place, thing or idea, often free Verse form
Lyrik vs epic poetry
Epic Focus on action, Long narrative, third person
while Lyric ephasize feelings, Short, First person expression of personal emotions
Rhyme patterns
Alternate: abab
Coupled: aabb
Enclosed: abba
Limerick: aabba
Ballade: ababcbc
Fictionality
A text is created from The imagination rather than real life Events
Canon
A set of Texts that serve as a recognized standard of stylistic quality, cultural or Social significance and intellectual value
Lyrical i
Poetic Voice or persona who experiences , observes and narrates emotions or actions
Anaphora
Repeats words at The beginning of a sentence (anaphora) or at the end (epiphora)
Alliteration
The usage of The same letter or Sound at The beginning of closely connected words
Assonance
Repetition of vowel Sounds in nearby words
Genette
Focalization
Who sees? Focalizer
Who speaks? Narrator
-> if within the story: homodiegetic, if not: heterodiegetic
Caesura
A stop or pause in a metrical line
Metonymy
Replacing a word with a closely related term
Synedoche
A part of something represents the whole
Litotes
Ephasize a point by stating a negative to affirm a positive
Elipsis
A pause in thought
Oximoron
Two words that are contradictory to one another
Stream of consciousness
The raw continous often illogical flow of a characters thoughts
Narrative embedding
Character with a primary narrative becomes the narrator of a second embedded narative
Frame narative
Story in a story
Catharsis
Producing emotional release in the audience
Tragic flaw
A character trait that causes the downfall of the character
Teichoscopy
Charactes on a high vantage point decribe ongoing events
Aside
A character speaks briefly directly to the audience or themselve , being unheard by other charcters
Messenger report
Narrative delivered by a charcter detailing intense off stage events
Discrepant awareness
Unequal knowlegde about events between characters or the characters and audience
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